KOREA HISTORY

CHINA – NORTHWEST OF KOREA

JAPAN – EAST OF KOREAN

SINCE 1945,
KOREA HAS BEEN DIVIDED IN 38TH PARALLEL- THE NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA.
2333 BC
GOJOSEON IS THE FIRST KINGDOM OF KOREA
DANGU (THE FIRST KING) CLAIMED TO BE THE GRANDSON OF HEAVEN.
3RD CENTURY BC
THREE PERIODS OF GOJOSEON: DANGUN JOSEON, GIJA JOSEON, AND WIMAN JOSEON
108 BC
GOJOSEON WAS INVADED BY THE HAN DYNASTY OF CHINA AND BUILT 4 COMMANDARIES IN
NORTH KOREA (XUANTU, LINTUN, ZHENFAN, AT LELANG) BUT AFTER A FEW DECADES, ONLY
THE LELANG COMMANDARY STAYED.
3 KINGDOMS OF KOREA
GOGURYEO (OCCUPIED NORTH KOREA), SILLA, AND BAEKJE (OCCUPIED SOUTH KOREA)
6TH CENTURY
SILLA EXTENDED ITS POWER AND TRIED TO INVADE THE WHOLE OF SOUTH KOREA (SILLA AND
BAEKJE) AND NORTH KOREA (GOGURYEO) RESULTING IN THE FOUNDING OF AN ALLIANCE
WITH THE TANG DYNASTY OF CHINA.
LATE 9TH CENTURY
SILLA WANTS TO HAVE A UNIFIED SILLA BUT LATER ON, SOUTH KOREA WAS DIVIDED INTO 3
KINGDOM. THE SILLA (BECAME SMALLER KINGDOM), LATER BAEKJE, AND TAEBONG (WHICH
BECAME THE GORYEO DYNASTY ON 935 WHICH WAS RULED BY KING WANG GEON).
1230-1270
MONGOLS (OF CHINA) INVADED KOREA AND GORYEO BECAME A VASSAL STATE AND A
COMPULSORY ALLY OF MONGOLIANS RULED BY THE YUAN DYNASTY.
 1388
GENERAL YISEONG-GYE, OVERTHREW THE GORYEO DYSNASTY.
1392
JOSEON DYNASTY WAS ESTABLISHED AND RULED BY KING SEJONG THE GREAT.
5TH CENTURY
KING SEJONG THE GREAT CREATED REFORMS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF SOUTH KOREA. HE IS
ALSO CREATED THE HANGEUL (KOREAN ALPHABET).
1592-1945
AFTER THE CREATION OF THE JOSEON DYNASTY, WAR AGAINST NORTH AND SOUTH AND THE
NEARBY COUNTRIES CONTINUED UNTIL THE END OF WWII IN 1945, WHEN NORTH KOREA
CAME UNDER SOVIET OCCUPATION, AND SOUTH KOREA UNDER US OCCUPATION.
1948
FINAL DECLARATION OF THE DIVISION OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA. NORTH KOREA IS THE
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE OF KOREA, AND SOUTH KOREA IS THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.